Dorey
Dorey v. Gore
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEIGHTON B. DOREY, IV, Case No.: 20cv1772-TWR (MSB) Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
vs. REQUEST FOR RESUBMISSION OF
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
WILLIAM GORE, San Diego County
CORPUS AND DENYING A
Sheriff, CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondent. 16 [ECF No. 7] 17 18 On September 8, 2020, Petitioner, detained at the San Diego County Central Jail awaiting retrial following a hung jury, filed a pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF Nos. 1-2.) He stated he is currently proceeding pro se in state court preparing for retrial and his rights to due process, a fair and speedy trial, and meaningful access to the courts are being denied because the San Diego Central Jail “does not afford the petitioner ample and appropriate law library access as required by the extraordinarily complex and challenging demands of a capital murder defense, and the jail thus…